The Alliés of the Second world war were the countries which were opposed formally to the forces of the Axis at the time of this war. At the time of the conflict, they were often named the the United Nations , although today this name referred to the United Nations which they founded after the war. Among the rows of the allied forces one counted, the the United States, the Soviet Union and the the United Kingdom known like " the Large Three ". President Franklin D. Roosevelt referring to the Three Large ones plus the China spoke about the " Four gendarmes ".

Dates on which the independent States joined the Allies

Following the invasion of the Poland by Germany

  • Poland: September 1st, 1939
  • Australia: September 3rd, 1939
  • New Zealand: September 3rd, 1939
  • the United Kingdom: British September 3rd, 1939
    • Raj: September 3rd, 1939
    • British Empire: September 3rd, 1939
  • France: September 3rd, 1939/left on June 22nd, 1940
    • colonial empire French: September 3rd, 1939/left at the end of June 1940
  • Nepal: September 4th, 1939
  • South Africa: September 6th, 1939
  • Canada: September 10th, 1939

At the end of the Funny of war

  • Norway: April 9th, 1940
  • Belgium: Belgian May 10th, 1940
  • Luxembourg: May 10th, 1940
  • Netherlands: May 10th, 1940
    • colonial Empire Dutch: May 10th, 1940
  • Greece: October 28th, 1940
  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia: April 6th, 1941 (in the past member of the Axis)
  • Soviet Union: June 22nd, 1941
  • Tannu Tuva: June 25th, 1941 (annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944)

After the Attack on Pearl Harbor

After the Declaration of the United Nations

  • Peru: February 12th, 1942
  • Mexico: May 22nd, 1942
  • Brazil: August 22nd, 1942
  • Ethiopia: December 14th, 1942
  • Iraq: January 17th, 1943 (occupied by the Allies in 1941)
  • Bolivia: April 7th, 1943
  • Iran: September 9th, 1943 (occupied by the Allies in 1941)
  • Italy: October 13rd, 1943 (in the past member of the Axis)
  • Colombia: November 26th, 1943
  • Liberia: January 27th, 1944

After the D-day

After the bombardment of Hiroshima

  • Popular republic of Mongolia: August 9th, 1945

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